• Lead the development of technical solutions for federal, state, and local RFPs, RFQs, and white papers. • Work closely with Client Solutions Managers, Proposal Managers and Writers, and Subject Matter Experts to craft solutions aligned with customer challenges, mission needs, and contract requirements. • Architect secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions that integrate Nava’s capabilities. • Ensure all solutions comply with government security, accessibility, and interoperability requirements (FedRAMP, FISMA, Section 508). • Balance compliance, feasibility, and innovation to develop winning technical approaches. • Author and refine technical sections for proposals, including solution narratives, architecture diagrams, staffing approaches, and cost justifications. • Develop technical white papers, concept papers, and capability statements to support capture efforts. • Leverage AI/LLMs and automation tools to streamline technical writing while ensuring quality and compliance. • Participate in color team reviews to refine solution approaches and strengthen proposal responses. • In collaboration with Technical Writer(s), maintain a repository of reusable technical content to improve future proposal efficiency. • Collaborate with business development and delivery teams to shape Nava’s go-to-market strategy and identify emerging technical needs in the government IT space. • When appropriate, engage with government clients, partners, and subcontractors to align solutions with contract objectives and teaming arrangements. • Represent Nava’s technical capabilities in pre-solicitation engagements, industry days, and client meetings. • Support oral presentations and solution demonstrations for competitive procurements. • Stay up to date on emerging technologies, AI advancements, cybersecurity best practices, and government IT trends. • Evaluate new tools and methodologies to enhance solutioning efficiency, compliance, and innovation. • Contribute to internal knowledge-sharing initiatives and help refine Nava’s technical solutioning playbook.

• Helping our customers deploy cloud-native software stacks, such as NVIDIA AI, to embed guidelines in machine learning operations • Collaborating closely with infrastructure admins, data scientists, and ML engineers to deploy tools like NVIDIA Run:ai and NVIDIA Mission Control • Integrating NVIDIA software into customers’ existing ML ops environments and developing scripts to streamline these processes • Diagnosing and resolving customer issues within sophisticated cloud-native environments, applying profiling and analysis tools to improve deep learning model performance • Working with internal collaborators, including Pre-Sales Solution Engineers, Account Managers, and Product teams, to understand business requirements and provide technical insights • Developing new tools and scripts to facilitate seamless integration with other Data Science tools

As a Solutions Architect, Cloud, you will work with Mission Cloud’s customers to develop strategic solutions leveraging the AWS portfolio. You will work with our Project Management and Cloud Engineering teams to provide Mission’s Professional Services to the accounts and projects to which you’re aligned. As a Cloud Solution Architect you’ll be the primary point of contact for your accounts. Our Cloud Solution Architects are responsible for holding regular consulting sessions to build a roadmap for further optimization, automation, and resiliency while the hand-on engineers execute the road map items driving world class outcomes. This position is 100% remote. Responsibilities - Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs - Be a trusted advisor to assigned clients; help align customer expectations with best practices - Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals - Work with clients and Project Managers to set expectations, drive alignment, and coordinate timelines - Identify areas for cost savings through options such as autoscaling, right-sizing, and elimination of waste within the customer’s AWS environments - Identify security gaps and develop best practice recommendations to help strengthen client security posture - Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership - Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates, design documents and keep project tracking boards up to date - Provide guidance to Cloud Engineers as they implement customer roadmaps - Quality check engineering work; ensure top quality work and customer satisfaction - Train customers in management and maintenance of new or upgraded environments - Support Presales Cloud Solutions Architects in proposal design and positioning - Document time spent on customer activities; record activities daily in Jira with weekly timecard submissions in Mavenlink - Mentor Cloud Engineers Requirements - Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role - Experience developing project roadmaps, LOE estimates, and design documents - Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work - Ability to translate technical requirements to a non-technical audience - Ability to present solutions to customers, overcoming objectives, and creating consensus - Ability to deploy AWS infrastructure using IAC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation - Ability to build CI pipelines and automation (build, test, performance) - Ability to design and build containerization solutions (infrastructure, pipelines, automation) using docker (dockerfiles, ECS, ECS Fargate) or kubernetes (manifests, helm and deployment tooling, KOPS, EKS, EKS, or Fargate) - Understanding of AWS security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets - Knowledge of AWS’s Well-Architected Framework - Ability to work with one or more scripting languages - Occasional off-hours support, depending on client's need - AWS Professional-level Certification (required within 6 months of employment) Benefits & Compensation - Access to health, vision and dental insurance with options 100% covered by Mission Cloud for employee and their dependents - Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare & Dependent Care) - Generous Paid Time Off (FlexPTO, parental leave, volunteering time off) - Reproductive health benefits - Pet insurance - 401k matching program - Life insurance paid by Mission Cloud - An internal department dedicated to helping team members on their career path - Inclusive work environment with several Employee Resource Groups Placement within the range is determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and ability as evaluated during the interview process. The compensation range for the base salary of this role is: $120,000 - $155,000 Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Our company leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to enhance and streamline various aspects of the hiring process. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technologies in activities such as resume screening, interview scheduling, note taking and other administrative functions. Please note that all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers in compliance with applicable laws and best practices. About Mission Cloud Mission Cloud is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partner and MSP. Clients depend on us to expertly and securely architect, migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments. Mission Cloud’s team of AWS Certified Solutions Architects and DevOps Engineers are ready to help you harness the full power of the AWS cloud to transform your business and operations.

Role Overview Sodexo, Inc.: Lead Solutions Architect – North Bethesda, MD What You'll Do - Lead the Technical Architecture, Design and Implementation of IT systems for the delivering services, selling, and marketing sub-functions, and enabling services. - Responsible for creating Solution Architecture Blueprints/Technical Architecture Documentation to capture the solution design, technical components required for various business processes, data flows. Review with stakeholders. - Responsible for defining all or parts of the system’s technical architecture for a specific domain. - Responsible for the architectural design across solutions and across domains to ensure adherence to industry standards and best practices. - Ensure that the entire IT system is consistent and sustainable by making full use of options available within the industry as part of the company's functional architecture plan using domain level expertise and functioning as the architectural expert across solutions including solution, integration, and cross-functional areas. - Design the structure of new technology systems, overseeing the implementation of programs, and liaising with the software development team or the software vendor. - Serve as architectural lead for cross functional/domain efforts. - Establish target security architecture for platforms and make sure systems will be securely integrated with current applications within domains and cross domains. - Ensure the Architecture is designed for high performance. - Work on complex issues where analysis of situations and/or data require an in-depth evaluation of a variety of factors. Determines methods and procedures for new assignments. - Exercise judgement in selecting methods, evaluating, adaptation of complex techniques and the evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objectives and industry standards. - Defines the technical architecture roadmap for the information system(s), considering the Business context. - Aligns the technical architecture to global EA reference and global standard systems. - Checks and analyses the technical impacts of new solutions and whether they fit in with existing architecture. - Designs the technical architecture with a focus on user experience, scalability, standardization, costs and security. - Defines and manages the IS reference framework in terms of: tools, procedures, standards, vocabulary, security, etc. - Defines and manages technical standards. - For all new projects or technologies, takes part in assessing the impact on existing or planned infrastructure. - Recommends technical solutions to maintain consistency throughout this period of change. - Advises functional planners on the possible use and implementations of IT and telecoms tools. - Manages technology monitoring choices. - Interacts with the Community of Practice in his field of expertise. - Works as a team with the Functional Architect. - Promotes technical architecture to IT staff. - Networks with key contacts outside their own area of expertise. - Adapts style and uses persuasion in delivering messages that relate to the wider organization. - Frequently advises others on complex matters. - Accountable through team for delivery of tactical business targets. - Conduct Technical Meetings with the project teams to discuss technical architecture and design. - Lead complex technical architecture analysis & design discussions to solve business problems and propose solutions. What We Offer Compensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. Sodexo offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include: - Medical, Dental, Vision Care and Wellness Programs - 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions - Paid Time Off and Company Holidays - Career Growth Opportunities and Tuition Reimbursement More extensive information is provided to new employees upon hire. What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or in a closely related technical field followed by seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in IT Architecture and /or development. Experience must include: - 7 years of experience with Solution Architecture & Application Design & Development - 7 years of experience Project Management and Technical Resource Management experience - 7 years of experience with IT Infrastructure & Platforms; Infrastructure Performance measurement and Capacity Management (Service Delivery) - 7 years of experience with Integration platforms & system deployment; system integration and technical impact assessment - 7 years of experience in Database Design, Data Transformation, Data Archival & Purging initiatives. - 7 years of experience in Cloud Computing Application Design & Development - 5 years of experience in Technology Modernization, Platform Upgrade & Migration initiatives. - 5 years of experience in Enterprise Security Frameworks TELEWORK: Up to 100% telecommuting authorized; position may be performed anywhere in the US TRAVEL: Up to 5% domestic travel SALARY: $150,426 to $194,400 per year LOCATION: 915 Meeting Street, North Bethesda, MD, 20852 Who We Are At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone and build a better life for all. We believe in improving the quality of life for those we serve and contributing to the economic, social, and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. Sodexo partners with clients to provide a truly memorable experience for both customers and employees alike. We do this by providing food service, catering, facilities management, and other integrated solutions worldwide. Our company values you for you; you will be treated fairly and with respect, and you can be yourself. You will have your ideas count and your opinions heard because we can be a stronger team when you’re happy at work. This is why we embrace diversity and inclusion as core values, fostering an environment where all employees are valued and respected. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance with the application process, please complete this form. Qualifications & Requirements Minimum Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience Minimum Management Experience -7 years Minimum Functional Experience - 7 years